It has also been widely used by local drug users, with paraphernalia littering the inside of the building.

Considered to be so dangerous that even the fire brigade are advised not to enter the building during an incident, the building has fallen into a bad state of disrepair due to the number of fires that have been set inside, making it highly unstable.

The former Farnhurst Care Home in Eleanor Street, Grimsby, which has been secured to prevent unauthorised entry, with signs clearly telling people to keep out.

Humberside Fire and Rescue working in partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council and Humberside Police have now fully boarded up all of the access points to the building with metal shutters, in the hopes that it will prevent any further trouble within the building.

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Joe Martin, from the Humberside Fire and Rescue Community Safety Team said that the move had been made to stop people accessing the building, however stressed that this will only be a short-term solution to the problem.

He said: "The Farnhurst Care Home has attracted a lot of anti-social behaviour recently, which has resulted in the widespread setting of fires within the building.

The former Farnhurst Care Home in Eleanor Street, Grimsby, which has been secured to prevent unauthorised entry, with signs clearly telling people to keep out.

"In order to get a resolution to the problem, we have worked with our partners at North East Lincolnshire Council and Humberside Police, by boarding up all of the access points to prevent anyone else from entering the building.

"The care home is considered to be a very dangerous building, and we do not want to see people entering it and getting hurt.

"While we hope that this will prevent future injury, this is only a short-term solution, and we will be undertaking further work with the owners to find a long-term one."